National Shipwreck Relief Society
At the twenty-first annual meeting of this Society, held in Sydney and presided over by Lord Hampden, Lady Hampden presented medals and certificates in connection with the wreck of the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898
218 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 11
A Harbor Collision. Government Steamer Sunk. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
DURING a heavy fog this morning the Manly steamer Narrabeen collided with the Government steamer Kate Garden Island. Kate sank in six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers in Shipwrecks
The soldier is supposed to meet the perils of his profession with a dauntless spirit, and almost invariably justifies the expectations formed of him. He is trained to meet danger…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Sunk and Ten Lives Lost LONDON, Tuesday Night
The most appalling of the accidents which have occurred in the English Channel during the prevalent fog resulted from a collision between a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of an Alaskan Trader
The Stickeen Chief, an Alaskan trader, has been wrecked, Of her passengers and crew 40 were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest News by Cable, London, Aug. 29. an Australian Trader Ashore
The ship Firth of Cromarty, bound from Glasgow for Sydney, has gone ashore at Corauwall Point, Wigtown, Scotland, and is expected to become a total wreck. The passengers and the crew were…
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While the mail steamer Himalaya was hauling into the discharging berth, crashed into the wharf, doing considerable damage, several plates being dented, and they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Ketch in Trouble
A ketch flying distress signals was sighted off South Head this afternoon, bound south, and a pilot steamer has gone to her assistance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. a Disabled Steamer
It was reported at Port Adelaide this morning by a sailing vessel that the steamer Beira from Captetown to Sydney had been sighted off Cape Leuwin with her machinery disabled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Ross Dhu
It was the barque Ross Dhu, and not the Rock View, aspreviously reported, which has been wrecked off Gatico, on the West coast of South America The vessel is a total wreck. The crew were [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Wreck, More Recognitions for Bravery. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
HIS Excellency to-day presented the medals and certificates from the Royal Humane Society of Australia to Messrs Russell, Anderson, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on the Steamer Oldenburg
The German mail steamer Oldenburg of 5000 tons, in command of Captain H. M. Guthemann, which left Sydney on August 11, Melbourne August 16, Adelaide August 20, and Fremantle August 25…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Steamer China
Divers are repairing the China's bottom, prior to her entrance into Perim Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's News by Wire. Sydney. a Ketch Beached
A telegram from Crowdy Bay this morning reported that the ketch Mary Adkins had been beached in a sinking condition, but on further particulars were given. The vessel left Camden…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Today's News by Wire. Sydney. a Steamer Wrecked
A private cable received in the city this morning intelligence of the wreck of the Union Company's steamer Mapourika on Greymouth Bar on the west cosst of New Zealand. Passengers, the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreck of the Mataura
From the hull of the Mataura, which was wrecked in the Straits of Magellam last January, 2000 bales of wool have been salvaged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Port Macquarie. a Steamer Refloated
After being stranded eleven weeks the steamer Macleay was floated at Port macquarie to-day and proceed to Sydney under steam…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Macleay Floated After 11 Weeks Stranding. [By Telegraph] Sydney
THE steamer Mncleny, stranded at Port Macqunrio for the last 11 weeks, was floated off this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Schooner Sunk in Newcastle Harbour
On Tuesday morning a collision occurred in the harbour between the steamer Virawa and the schooner Bessie Maud in which the latter was sunk. At the time the Virawa was inward bound…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Tug Ashore
The tug-boat Fearless went ashore on the west side of Wollongong Harbour this morning, but no serious damage is expected…
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